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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1915
Page
6
A dated fragment reports surgeons discovering a mixture of freshly soaked dime to remove tattoos and notes warnings about romance and risk. The piece hints at dangerous advice and urges caution in courting.
Father William J. Rafter of the Holy Name mission argues that the Bowery, though seen as a crime hotspot, is largely poor but respectable. He notes 25,000 residents, many honest and law abiding, with lodging houses for the homeless and good prospects for missing persons inquiries.
George Culbert of Michigan City a professional diver working on Laporte Indiana's auxiliary water supply river project was trapped for ten minutes when his hand wedged in a suction pipe at 36 feet depth. Air was pumped to him and he finally freed his hand and was hoisted to the surface. He resumed work after recovering.
Berlin dispatch reports Cologne residents replacing the tabooed French adieu with God punish England as war strains deepen. A Bavarian professor recounts his son in another unit and expresses a deadly wish for three weeks in England. The German home front shows few outward signs of war amid widespread fear, grief, and patriotism.
A central operator in Oshkosh heard a collie bark through a telephone line at four am then a loud howl and banging. Fire responders found Fred Peters’s attic ablaze with Peters near unconscious from smoke. Firefighters prevented further damage.
Daniel Schubert, a sturdy woodsman, spent three months in a Bovill Idaho logging camp then arrived in Spokane with $90. In police court he faced a disorderly conduct charge and quipped to Justice Witt that he had only 50 cents left of the money, prompting a suspended sentence.
The coroner ruled that Agnes Yoder, 25, wife of Edw Yoder a lay preacher from Michigan, died by her own actions after saturating clothing and setting herself aflame in a bathroom at home. The report notes clothing burned away and flesh cooked in the tragic incident.
Special to the Banner from Atlanta Ga April 22 flies appear as summer starts and the Swat the Fly campaign gains momentum. A poem on the subject urges buzzing away and praises the effort, with playful reference to the Akhund of Swat.
Fragmentary text describes methods to remove tar stains from cotton fabrics using butter applied to spots and left for hours, with references to Tar Stains and a garbled phrase about killing.
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